The Chinese government has imposed a quota of 34 imported films each year, many of which are produced by major Hollywood studios. However, Chinese movie-goers have been shifting to local content in recent years amid rising patriotic sentiment. A sequel, Water Gate Bridge, is in the works, according to local media reports.Ĭhina is now the world's second largest film market after the United States, underscoring its importance as a key market for Hollywood's moviemakers. This restriction often forces studios to cut scenes, as was the case with the 2017 superhero flick Logan, where much of the violence was edited out of the Chinese release. The film led China's box office for days after premiering on Oct 1 to mark the country's National Day. Highest Grossing English Language Films in China’s Box Office Since China does not have a film rating system, movies must be deemed appropriate for all age groups. The Battle at Lake Changjin, the story of a Chinese victory over the Americans in the Korean War, was the highest-grossing film of 2021. The three-hour-epic depicts Chinese soldiers battling US troops during the bitter cold of the 1950 –1953 Korean war, which ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty. But The Battle At Lake Changjin is still in cinemas and accounted for 7 per cent of all films being shown on Wednesday. The box office takings by Wednesday had hit the same level as the revenue earned by the 2017 Chinese action film Wolf Warrior 2.
This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.The box office takings of the Chinese patriotic film The Battle At Lake Changjin hit 5.69 billion yuan (US$891 million) on Wednesday (Nov 24), putting it in position to become China's highest-ever grossing film, data from online movie ticket booking platform Maoyan showed. Other Worldwide Cumulative records: All Time Single Market - All Time Animated Worldwide - All Time Sequel Worldwide - All Time Non-Sequel Worldwide - Top 2021 Worldwide - Top 2022 Worldwide See also: All Time Domestic - All Time International Box Office Records > Worldwide > All Movies > Cumulative > All Time Worldwide
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